EMPTY SOULS

A SUDDEN TWIST

Sun rays, hitting my skin and piercing into my eyes from the transparent windows of my room woke me up. And the first thing that came to my mind was yesterday's incident. How could she? How could that girl hug me? I never even spoke to a girl so casually let it even be my own cousin khateeja and witnessing this day was a real bad feeling. 

I was named as Aleem because, My paternal uncle(chacha) who had passed in his child hood,looked like me and was loved by everyone and now the same love was showered upon me. I like the way everyone in my family loves me but, sometimes things are needed in limits. Hope y'all got what I actually meant. 

After getting ready I left for my college. The fresher's hangover could still be felt in my college, and every one looked at me in a different way today. I reached my class and sat beside Ateef, My best friend who has been with me since childhood but, unfortunately is never serious about life. I give my best in guiding him and correcting him to some extent but, he has his own point of views about life. Ateef congratulated me as soon as I sat beside him. 

Why? I asked. "Don't you know? Vani has also fallen in love with you? " He said and laughed heartfully. I asked him who is vani and then he revealed about the girl who had hugged me yesterday. I asked him what he meant by "also has fallen!" He said this is nothing new for you, everyday numberless girls fall for you! That was quite irritating to hear, because I never want to be that 'Macho man'! 

First of all, I may tell you that I won't care about what the world thinks about me but, deep inside it actually matters if someone misunderstands you or remakes your character in their own minds. And since the time I'm a kid I have loved being the kind and smart boy and not the macho and selfish hunk! 

Some people call me as the chocolate boy of the college and some say that I seem like the boy next door. I basically IGNORE. The fake appreciations aren't worth, appreciations behind your back are worth, because that is the result of honest and true character. 

While I wanted Ateef to understand all this he welcomes it from one ear and eliminates from another. I can just pray for his well being rather. Suddenly, I see vani entering my class and this time her whole gang was with her and amongst them was a girl whose name was known to me yet, I couldn't recall. Something that ends with ha.. "What? "..!!! 

Amit shah. No lol! Zeesha… na na!! How forgetful have I become and suddenly one of their friends call her name and that hits my brain!! WAJIHA. This girl had conducted an interview with me and I find her kiddish yet real! She barged into me on the first day of college. I wanted to say sorry but, the whole world seemed shaky to me at that instance. It was all my fault but, if my gaze would have met her's it wouldn't be nice I thought and continued without even asking any excuse as she wore a hijab(head scarf) which was a sign of a good muslimah. 

Later on, she happened to conduct my interview and I behaved rude, not so casual and abnormal because of that incident and my by birth introvercy but, lateron I felt comfortable around her and thought we may become good friends too. But, nah! Every time I feel like making new friends the gender difference and Khateeja come back to my mind and I go back to becoming the not-so-happy-aleem! 

Vani stepped forward and said, they have come here as witnesses. And I'm here today to confess the love I hold for you in my heart,which is pure and impolluted. The kindoff love which is being felt for the first time. The respect and dignity which come along signifies the reality of my love and expressing it is impossible as it is way beyond these immortal sentences I have spoken now. 

I seriously respected all her sentences and I love the way she used them too. But, deep down inside my heart even after eliminating khateeja there is one sentence which can melt my heart and that sentence can only be said by a Muslim, a true Muslim and felt by a true Muslim. 

( here a true Muslim is meant by that person who understands the deepness and serenity of Islam and keeps it alive in our hearts forever) 

I did not know how to react and then appeared ateef. He stood in front of me and told the girl gang, "I may be wrong and as always he is right and intellectual. But, today I cannot let him face this alone as he has been given a tag of chocolate boy and blamed to reject many girls of our college, which is all false. He has always kept his point that he was never ready for any sort of relationship except friendship and considered everyone as good friends and now I see those girls changing regular boyfriends and even I have been some of them's time pass material for quite a long time. But, today vani if ,he says no to you it won't be good and, you may get hurt is what he is thinking right now so, please do not waste a single minute and proceed towards your respective classrooms."

Every one was leaving but then, wajeeha stopped and turned towards ateef and said in a normal tone with a  neutral expression on her face, " I guess you have handled all of your friend's proposals! as I did not even see him utter a single word from his mouth and talking about making those girls friends ,that's quite wierd because friendship is the first step towards relationship if the opposite person already holds some kinds feelings for you which seem pure. I repeat if they are pure! " She said this and left the room silently. 

Ateef turned towards me and asked what's her f***** name? His jaw dropped in surprise or by on spot degradation?